Kate Garraway's Life Stories

*Kate Garraway's Life Stories*
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Genre	Talk show
Created by	Piers Morgan
Directed by	Paul Kirrage; Anna Edwinson; Jamie Batten
Presented by	Kate Garraway
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	21
No. of episodes	109
Production
Producers	Jeremy Phillips; Yvonne Alexander
Production locations	The London Studios (2010—17); Teddington Studios (2010–11); Television Centre (2009, 2013, 2019—2023)
Running time	60–90 minutes (including adverts)
Production company	Multistory Media
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	22 February 2009 –; 16 August 2023
Related
	The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan; John Bishop: In Conversation With...

Kate Garraway's Life Stories (formerly known as Piers Morgan's Life Stories until 2021) is a British television chat show on ITV, presented by Kate Garraway and was formerly presented by Piers Morgan. Recorded in front of a studio audience, each episode is devoted to one celebrity guest. Episodes are filmed at Television Centre (although they were previously made at Teddington Studios and The London Studios) between one and two weeks before being broadcast on television. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that Morgan was leaving the show and would be replaced by Kate Garraway, his final guest.^[1]

Episode guide

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	22 February 2009	5 April 2009	6
2	10 October 2009	14 November 2009	6
3	14 February 2010	10 April 2010	7
4	9 October 2010	27 November 2010	7
5	16 April 2011	21 May 2011	6
6	29 October 2011	24 December 2011	5
7	13 April 2012	25 May 2012	7
8	14 September 2012	26 October 2012	6
9	22 February 2013	5 April 2013	6
10	20 September 2013	1 November 2013	6
11	3 January 2014	14 February 2014	7
12	5 September 2014	19 September 2014	3
13	4 September 2015	11 December 2015	6
14	3 February 2017	24 February 2017	4
15	23 October 2017	10 March 2018	4
16	25 May 2019	22 June 2019	5
17^[2]	5 September 2020	25 October 2020	3
18	11 February 2021	18 March 2021	5
19	30 May 2021	5 December 2021	4
20	3 February 2022	17 February 2022	3
21	2 August 2023	16 August 2023	3

Series 1

#	Index	Guest	Date
1	1	Sharon Osbourne	22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)
2	2	Richard Branson	1 March 2009 (2009-03-01)
3	3	Katie Price	8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)
4	4	Sheila Hancock	15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)
5	5	Ulrika Jonsson	29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)
6	6	Richard Madeley	5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)

Series 2

#	Index	Guest	Date
7	1	Cilla Black	10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)
8	2	Boris Becker	17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
9	3	Katherine Jenkins	24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)
10	4	Dannii Minogue	31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
11	5	Ronnie Corbett	7 November 2009 (2009-11-07)
12	6	Vinnie Jones	14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)

Series 3

#	Index	Guest	Date
13	1	Gordon Brown	14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)
14	2	Simon Cowell	6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)
15	3	Kym Marsh	13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)
16	4	Bruce Forsyth	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
17	5	Joan Collins	27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
18	6	Geri Halliwell	3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)
19	7	Michael Winner	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)

Series 4

#	Index	Guest	Date
20	1	Barbara Windsor	9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)
21	2	Russell Watson	16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)
22	3	Cheryl Cole	23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)
23	4	Rod Stewart	30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)
24	5	Susan Boyle	6 November 2010 (2010-11-06)
25	6	Kelly Osbourne	20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)
26	7	Elton John	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)

Series 5

#	Index	Guest	Date
27	1	Russell Brand	16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
28	2	Patsy Palmer	23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)
29	3	Ann Widdecombe	30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)
30	4	David Hasselhoff	7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
31	5	John Prescott	14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
32	6	Des O'Connor	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)

Series 6

#	Index	Guest	Date
33	1	James Corden	29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)
34	2	Rolf Harris	5 November 2011 (2011-11-05)
35	3	Paul Gascoigne	12 November 2011 (2011-11-12)
36	4	Peter Andre	10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
37	5	Donny Osmond	24 December 2011 (2011-12-24)

Series 7

#	Index	Guest	Date
38	1	William Roache	13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
39	2	Frank Bruno	20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)
40	3	Carol Vorderman	27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)
41	4	Jason Donovan	4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)
42	5	Dennis Waterman	11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)
43	6	Lulu	18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
44	7	Jimmy Tarbuck	25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Series 8

#	Index	Guest	Date
45	1	Roger Moore	14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
46	2	Kelly Holmes	21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
47	3	Denise Welch	28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
48	4	Ronan Keating	5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
49	5	Felicity Kendal	19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
50	6	Burt Reynolds	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)

Series 9

#	Index	Guest	Date
51	1	Esther Rantzen	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
52	2	Lorraine Kelly	1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)
53	3	Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
54	4	Bruno Tonioli	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
55	5	Britt Ekland	29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
56	6	Karren Brady	5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)

Series 10

#	Index	Guest	Date
57	1	Julie Goodyear	20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
58	2	Gloria Hunniford	27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
59	3	Brian Blessed	4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
60	4	Julian Clary	18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
61	5	Pete Waterman	25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
62	6	Michael Flatley	1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

Series 11

#	Index	Guest	Date
63	1	June Brown	3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)
64	2	Mary Berry	10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
65	3	Neil Morrissey	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
66	4	Beverley Callard	24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
67	5	Martin Kemp	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
68	6	Tony Blackburn	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
69	7	Ian Botham	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)

Series 12

#	Index	Guest	Date
70	1	Alesha Dixon	5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
71	2	Andrew Flintoff	12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)
72	3	Bear Grylls	19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)

Series 13

#	Index	Guest	Date
73	1	Lionel Richie	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
74	2	Mo Farah	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
75	3	John Lydon	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
76	4	Warwick Davis	16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
77	5	Raquel Welch	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
78	6	Timothy West	11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

Series 14

#	Index	Title	Date
79	1	Barry Gibb	3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)
80	2	Nigel Havers	10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
81	3	Boy George	17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
82	4	Nigel Farage^[3]	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

Series 15

#	Index	Title	Date
83	1	Kim Cattrall	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)
84	2	Caitlyn Jenner^[4]	4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
85	3	Pamela Anderson	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
86	4	Jim Davidson	10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)

Series 16

#	Index	Title	Date
87	1	Mel B	25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)
88	2	Michael Parkinson	1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
89	3	Michael Barrymore	8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)
90	4	Harry Redknapp	15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)
91	5	Alan Sugar	22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

Series 17

#	Index	Title	Date
92	1	Vinnie Jones	5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
93	2	Tom Moore^[2]	13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
94	3	Cliff Richard^[5]	25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)

Series 18

#	Index	Title	Date
95	1	Gemma Collins	11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)
96	2	Chris Eubank	18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)
97	3	Trisha Goddard	25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
98	4	Rupert Everett	4 March 2021 (2021-03-04)
99	5	Coleen Nolan	18 March 2021 (2021-03-18)

Series 19

Piers Morgan’s final series as host.

#	Index	Title	Date
100	1	Piers Morgan's 100 Life Stories	30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)
101	2	Keir Starmer	1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
102	3	Joan Collins	20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)
103	4	Kate Garraway	5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

Series 20

Kate Garraway’s first series as host.

#	Index	Title	Date
104	1	John Barnes	3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
105	2	Nadiya Hussain	10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
106	3	Charlotte Church	17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

Series 21

#	Index	Title	Date
107	1	Anton Du Beke	2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)
108	2	Ruby Wax^[6]	9 August 2023 (2023-08-09)
109	3	Omid Djalili^[7]	16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)

Special episodes

Three special episodes with Sir Cliff Richard, Lord Lloyd-Webber and Lord Sugar have aired.

References

^ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories gets new host as he quits show". Digital Spy. 21 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Piers Morgan's Life Stories returns with two specials". Press Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Piers Morgan to interview Nigel Farage for Life Stories". Digital Spy. 16 January 2017.
^ "Piers clashes with Caitlyn Jenner in awkward interview". Digital Spy. 10 November 2017.
^ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories Episode 1".
^ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

External links

[1] "Piers Morgan's Life Stories gets new host as he quits show". Digital Spy. 21 October 2021.

[:0-2] "Piers Morgan's Life Stories returns with two specials". Press Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Piers Morgan to interview Nigel Farage for Life Stories". Digital Spy. 16 January 2017.

[4] "Piers clashes with Caitlyn Jenner in awkward interview". Digital Spy. 10 November 2017.

[5] "Piers Morgan's Life Stories Episode 1".

[6] "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[7] "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

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